On the Cover

MM3 Seth Buehnerkemper looks for contacts while standing watch on the
bridge of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine
USS Toledo (SSN-769) while the Officer of
the Deck (OOD), LTJG Daniel Cavanagh, uses a handheld GPS in addition
to the submarine’s portable commercial radar display. The crew
used their 10-day port visit to Bahrain as a work period to perform
a mid-deployment upkeep. To read more about Toledo,
see the ShipsAtSea section .

On the Back

“Up Periscope” by Illustrator Draftsman 2nd Class Robert
Malin. In 1998, official Navy Artist DM2 Malin was assigned to record
the U.S. Navy’s role in RIMPAC 98, the biannual fleet exercise
in the Pacific Ocean. The exercise’s goal is to enhance the tactical
capabilities of participating units in major aspects of maritime operations
at sea. In 1998 the exercise took place in the waters off Hawaii and
included participants from six Pacific nations. The U.S. contributed
more than 50 ships, 200 aircraft, and 25,000 military men and women
from all services. To learn more about the evolution of periscopes such
as those in this painting, see “Eyes from the Deep: A History
of U.S. Navy Submarine Periscopes” .

DM2 Malin, a self-taught artist with no formal training, was born
in Tauranga, New Zealand to an American father and British mother. DM2
Malin enlisted in the Navy one week after coming to the United States
in 1993. His previous assignments include USS Frank
Cable (AS-40), USS Detroit (AOE-4),
and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.